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If you look on our site for the nubatama stones Ken does videos for each page and there are lots of good sharpening tips in them besides the discussion of the stones. Ken, Murray, Salty all taught me how to sharpen.

I don't think I change pressure between forward and backward strokes. I do decrease pressure as I move up the stone progression. By the time I'm stropping on leather I'm barely kissing the edge so I don't mess up the edge I just produced.

Experimenting on different techniques is part of the fun of sharpening.

I use equal pressure on for and aft strokes but end each stone with a few VERY light edge leading strokes. This seems to abaid any burr by the time I get through my progression and leaves a very crisp edge. A few light strokes on a strop and I have a lightsaber!

There is more than one way to skin a cat or stroke a blade!

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Post subject: Re: Pressure on your sharpening stroke?

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:14 pm

Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:20 pmPosts: 1166

Exactly. However, there is no need for any edge~trailing stokes.Whatsoever. Grind must be compensated for, at some point.

I really don't think I pay too much attention to the edge leading or trailing component of the stroke, but more attention to the amount of pressure used. But perhaps I am doing something different unconsciously Watch my videos and tell me if you see a pattern

One of my favorite videos is Adam Marr's (Watercrawl's) video using a 1k Speckled Ume stone. He really demonstrates quite nicely how to extract performance out of a stone Worthy of careful study.

I don't know why this just came to me, but I recall someone, somewhere stating their belief that 4 pounds was the ideal pressure to sharpen with, I don't know if that is the case, I certainly don't pay enough attention to it and I can sharpen fine. Perhaps I will try next time.

I like that JeffB said there is no one way to sharpen, that is obviously true. On the forum here there is a diversity of sharpening technique but only one sharpening result; a sharp knife. So, I would say try out different things, go with what does work for you.

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